REVENGE IS SWEET.
PRISON CAMP SCORE SETTLED. LONDON. November 1--. V st-orv is being tol'd -in - t-h.-s Paris newspapers of j-n" es-soldier who suffered bitterly from German brutalities while a prisoner of war. The. -former soldier' was ioa-Jing a truck of potatoes iii Brittany, and nearby was "a Ciernnui vegetable merchant- who was tulnng deliven' of a consignment of fajm produce* for Germany.. .. The Breton peasant scrutinised the Bcrclie and then asked. '(Are you OberLieYtten&nt Kraeteh, who was in. command of a 'prisoner's camp?" . Tlie German, delighted to meet, someone whe recognised his army rank, £mil<xl aud replied in the affirmative. f'Woll,'' retorted the] Breton, "I was a soldier in your cnonp, and ha-ve long wanted to have a .word with you." Without further.parley, .he- fell upon tlie German, first with -a carter's whip, then with his fists, 'and finally with kicks.. ; " ' •If other Bretons Tiad, not rescued. • Oher-Lieutenant Kraetch he probably would Lave heen killed.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18238, 24 November 1924, Page 11
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